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Good Reasons To Shop at Home (Following Is a reproduction of an editorial which was printed In The Neltgh News. It Is re printed with permission): Whenever merchants get to gether, a topic that will come up sooner or later Is catalogs and how to combat them. In the old days of poor roads and slow transportation when people didn't get to tcwn often, mail order houses filled an Important need. But In these times when most people can get to town most any week they wish, that need Is Rone. The practice, how ever, continues t0 the detriment tHE PLATTSmOUTh, NEBRASKA, SEMI-WEEKLY JCURNAt. Thursday, November 29, 1962 Section B PAGE ONE of every farm'i rnmmnniiv t.,r ,-v,i. - - o -"vi mnii uiciwmma large and small. The only reason mall order houses can stay In business Is because they make people think that they save money. But when all matters are taken into con sideiailon, mc.il order firms do not sell for less. That is right. There is no saving even if the mall order price, plus freight !s less than the local merchant's price. Here Is one reason why: Mail order houses pay no state, coun ty, cvy or school taxes. Home do pay these I taxes through property, inven- FACE P to a FACT If II m 4 The average prescription price is only $3.08. Only 8 out of a hundred prescrip tions cost over $6. These are facts not propa gandaand we'll prove them by pricing your next prescription. Prescribed rr Medicine IJCk. U the BIG y) BARGAIN W J) tory and Income levies. If home town sales drop, there is a de crease In their ability to pay, which means that the rest of the residents in their community must pay moie. .Here's another reason: Every time residents of a community go to the catalog or out of their community to buy something that could be purchased locally, they are reducing the Inventory of stock in their community. Carry It to the ultima'e, should everything be purchased by mail or out-of-town, there'd be no home town for you. You draw dividends from every Dusiness enterprise in ycur community because trade builds communities with bet'er opportunities, bttter schools, churches and neighbors. There are many hiilcxn values when ycu buy at home. . .there are no such hidden values in a mail order catalog. Public Library Gets Book Gifts Dr. Zhivago, by Boris Paster nak, was given to the Public Library by Miss Madge Oarnett and Miss Florence Fouchek. Mrs. Sam.Arn recently donat ed a number of children's books and Mrs. Milo Perry has given the library some books on busi ness and economics, etc. Mrs. Roy Moore gave novels by Walter D. Edmonds and John P. Marquand. Mrs. Jack Hale also gave some novels. A Classified Ad In The Journal cost as little as 50 cents. Fred J. Feldhousen, Ph. G. R.P. Peter J. Gepson, B.S. R.P. 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Brilliantly; etches portraits of Stalin, Molo-j tov, Zhukov and Khrushchev. ! The sea officer, by Showell Styles. A novel of high courage adventure, and war at sea, bas- ed'"onthe true story of PelleW of the Infefatteable, the finest! sea officer of his aae. j Second growth, by Ruth" Moore. A complex, disciplined plot encompasses the breadth of human experience. j Prize contest plays for young people. By. A. S. Burack, ed. A collection of royalty-free, one act plays for drama contests,, and festivals. Communications in space by Orrin E. Dunlap. From wireless, 10 satellite relay. The Rothschilds, a family portrait. By Frederic Morton. The best seller, telling the com plete history of the Rothschilds. Dr. Zhivago, by Boris Paster nak. The famous Russian novel, presented to the Library by Miss Madge Oarnett and Miss Flor ence Fouchek, Silent Spring, by Rachel Car-' son. A controversial best seller., Questions our attempt to con trol the natural world about as. The Saturday Evening Post Reader of Sea Stories. 20 excit ing stories by C. S. Forester, Ray Bradbury, Jack London, and others. . Fall-Safe, by Eugene Burdick; and Harvey Wheeler. The grip ping story of several hours to day, or next ycar-SAC, Omaha,! etc. all play parts in this novel,' in which the life of all on earth ; hangs In a balance. The She-wolf of France. By! Maurice Druon. This Is one In ai series of historical novels, "The i accursed Kings," set in the 14th j Century. This whole series has: been reviewed as some of X( best historical fiction ever writ- i ten. j A study of Communism, by J. Edgar Hoover. "The danger which communism presents to the free world has not abated, j If anything, it has increased." Thus reads the keynote to a new i book by Hoover, the man who : has more to tell you about com- j munism than any other Ameri- I can. The house on East 88th Street, j By Bernard Waber. The story of Lyle, the crocodile. A book of originality, talent, and fresl ness for children. , 1 VLoJiawka Mrt. F. O. Phons 2708 innjinrEiniiiniiiiiKa'x'iiiiiniiaiain'jranEnr Mr. and Mrs. Clinton Ander son's holiday dinner guests were Mr. and Mrs. Bob Romans and family. Manhatten. Kansas: Mr. and Mrs. Enno Ahrens, Plattsmouth; Mr. and Mrs. El mer Heisen, Dunbar. Mrs. Bed a Andersen, Omaha and Mrs Catherine Nutter were holiday dinner guests of Dr. and Mrs. R. R. Andersen and Oary. Mr. and Mrs. Lawrence Oregg and Larry and the Arthur John son family were dinner guests Thanksgiving day in the eve ning of Mr. and Mrs. J. D. Mass of Omaha. A pre - Thanksgiving and birthday dinner honoring Mrs. Sam Martin of Crab Orchard was held at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Elmo Parker of Shen andoah, Iowa. Ouests were Mr. and Mrs. Martin of Crab Or chard; Mr. and Mrs. Faye Black er, Syracuse; Mr. and Mrs. Da vid Martin, Denton; Mr. and Mrs. Harold Anderson All of the Martin's daughters were present and one son. The only absent member of the fam 'lly was Leonard Martin of St. Louis. I Mr. and Mrs. Bob Johnson and family of Talmage spent Thurs day with the Hennlng Johnsons. . Mr. and Mrs. Tom Johnson and ' i laimiy speni me day with Mr. and Mrs. Albert Bruns of Platts mouth. Teresa Lois is the name of Mr. and Mrs. Lewis Johnson's daughter, born November 13 at: St. Mary's Hospital in Nebraska, City. She has a brother Timothy. ' Her grandparents are Mr. and Mrs. Raymond Vest, Lexington, Va.; Mr. and Mrs. Roy Johnson. FOR THE WHOLE FAMILY GIVE THE GIFT THAT KEEPS ON GIVING IB Tl I RCA VICTOR TELEVISION 1 va I . " - t 1 . i ; J. ill" ' i f 1 RCA VICTOR COLOR TELEVISION RCA VICTOR STEREO AND COMBINATIONS RCA VICTOR CLOCK RADIOS RCA VICTOR CHILDREN'S RECORD PLAYERS RCA VICTOR TRANSISTOR RADIOS SCANLAN'S WILL SEE TO IT THAT IT KEEPS ON CIVINC. AND USE YOUR CREDIT LOW MONTHLY PAYMENTS. MAYTAG HOME LAUNDRY EQUIPMENT -. MAYTAC. THE MOST SERVICE FREE AUTOMATIC WASHER ON THE MARKET TODAY. 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